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Health Minister, Hon. Dr. Fenton Ferguson (left), hands over a drum cover developed by the Ministry to Local Government and Community Development Minister, Hon. Noel Arscott. The drum covers were introduced to local government officials during a meeting on Tuesday (July 28) at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel in New Kingston. In background is Chief Medical Officer in the Ministry of Health, Dr. Marion Bullock DuCasse.

Health Ministry Partners With Local Government to Distribute Drum Covers

The Ministry of Health is partnering with the Local Government and Community Development Ministry to reproduce and distribute the special drum covers that have been developed to guard against the breeding of the Aedes aegypti mosquito. The covers are for...

State Minister for Transport, Works and Housing, Hon. Richard Azan (centre), is provided with details about mangrove research and development at the University of the West Indies (UWI) Marine Laboratory and Biodiversity Centre at Port Royal, by Outreach Officer, Chauntelle Green (2nd left), during a tour of the facility on July 28. The UWI has partnered with the National Works Agency (NWA) to undertake a mangrove re-planting project along the Palisadoes Road shoreline, in Kingston. Also listening (from left) are: NWA Major Projects Director, O’Reilly Henry; NWA Chief Executive Officer, E.G. Hunter; and Director, Mona Geo-Informatics Institute (MGI), University of the West Indies (UWI), Dr. Parris Lyew-Ayee.

NWA Partners with UWI to Replant Mangroves along Palisadoes Road

Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller addresses the United Nations Security Council and the UN Headquarters in New York on Thursday, July 30. In the background at left is Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. AJ Nicholson QC, while at right is Jamaica's Permanent Representative to the UN, Ambassador Courtenay Rattray.

PM Simpson Miller Calls for Greater International Support to Fight Crime in Jamaica and the Caribbean

: Mrs. Yodit Getachew Hylton, the Honorary Consul of Ethiopia in Jamaica, Hon. Anthony Hylton, Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon. Sharon Ffolkes, State Minister for Industry, Investment and Commerce, Professor Winston Davidson, Head of the University of Technology School of Public Health & Health Technology, Her Excellency Mathu Theda Joyini, High Commissioner for South Africa to Jamaica, Ambassador Girma Birru, Ambassador of Ethiopia to Jamaica, His Excellency Ariel Fernandez Ambassador of Argentina to Jamaica and his wife Helene Fernandez.

Jamaica Welcomes New Ethiopian Ambassador

Executive Director of the Jamaica Cultural Development Commission (JCDC), Delroy Gordon, gives details of a Farmers’ Market scheduled to take place at the Ranny Williams Entertainment Centre on Saturday, August 1. He was speaking at a JIS ‘Think Tank’ on July 24.

Jamaicans Can View Grand Gala at Ranny Williams Entertainment Centre

Minister of Science, Technology, Energy and Mining, Hon. Phillip Paulwell, and Minister with responsibility for Sport, Hon. Natalie Neita Headley, unveil a representation of what the location of the newly-launched public company, National Energy Solutions Limited (NESOL), will look like once completed. The unveiling was done at the launch of the company at the National Indoors Sports Centre, on July 29.

11 years ago SportTechnology

National Indoor Sports Centre To Go Solar

The National Indoor Sports Centre is soon to be outfitted with solar panels to generate 100 megawatts of energy, as part of a $20 million pilot project under the Ministry of Science, Technology, Energy and Mining. This project is expected to significantly reduce the facility’s dependence on the national electricity grid, thereby cutting its usually high cost of energy. Minister...

Technical Director of Archaeology, Jamaica National Heritage Trust (JNHT), Dorrick Gray, in an interview with JIS News. He urged Jamaicans to visit heritage sites across the island.

11 years ago Culture

Jamaicans Urged To Visit Heritage Sites

Technical Director of Archaeology, Jamaica National Heritage Trust (JNHT), Dorrick Gray, is urging Jamaicans to visit the island’s heritage sites, so they can better familiarize themselves with the country’s rich history. He said that while it is important for them to visit the over 2,000 sites during the periods of Emancipation and Independence, Jamaicans, particularly children, should visit these sites...

11 years ago Culture

‘Link Up and Labrish’ Added to Emancipation and Independence Celebrations

The Ministry of Youth and Culture is encouraging all Jamaicans to participate in the emancipation and independence celebrations that will be taking place across the island. This year, a major highlight of the 2015 Festival activities, being celebrated under the theme ‘Proud and Free…Jamaica 53’, is the ‘Link Up and Labrish’ discussion forum that will be held at the Independence...

Custos of Kingston, Hon Steadman Fuller (right), converses with First Vice President of the Lay Magistrates’ Association of Jamaica, Errol Greene, ahead of the commissioning into service of 51 new Justices of the Peace (JPs) for Kingston, during a ceremony on July 28, at the downtown offices of the Custos of Kingston.

11 years ago Justice

Justices of the Peace Urged to Help Transform Society

Custos of Kingston, Hon. Steadman Fuller, has charged the city’s newest Justices of the Peace (JPs) to use their good offices to effect positive change within the society. This, by volunteering their service in areas that can make a difference. Among the areas he identified are: deportee processing; serving in the drug treatment and petty session courts; lock-up, sick and...

Co-Chairman of the Economic Programme Oversight Committee (EPOC), Richard Byles. (FILE)

11 years ago Finance & Public Service

Byles Proposes US $1 Billion Job Creation Fund

Co-Chairman of the Economic Programme Oversight Committee (EPOC), Richard Byles, has charged the private sector to work with the Government in setting up a US$1 billion fund to finance projects in high growth sectors such as business process outsourcing (BPO) and agriculture. He noted that the US$ 2 billion raised on the international capital market to pay down the country’s...

Co-Chairman of the Government’s Economic Programme Oversight Committee (EPOC), Richard Byles, addresses the launch of the Montego Bay Chamber of Commerce and Industry’s ‘MoBay Expo,’ at the Wexford Hotel on Wednesday, July 29.

11 years ago Finance & Public Service

EPOC Co-Chair Supports Pay Down of Petro Caribe Debt

Co-Chairman of the Economic Programme Oversight Committee (EPOC) Richard Byles, is fully supporting the successful move by Government in raising US$ 2 billion on the international capital market, which will be used to pay down the country’s Petro-Caribe debt with Venezuela. The money was raised through two bond issues. Addressing the launch of the Montego Bay Chamber of Commerce and...

State Minister for Transport ,Works and Housing, Hon. Richard Azan (centre), makes a point to Director for Major Projects, National Works Agency (NWA), O’Reilly Henry (right), about the cable crash barriers that are being installed by the NWA along the Palisadoes Road in Kingston. Occasion was a tour of the $10 million pilot project on July 28. Looking on is Director, Mona Geo-Informatics Institute (MGI), University of the West Indies (UWI), Dr. Parris Lyew-Ayee.

11 years ago Transport

NWA Installing Cable Crash Barriers Along Palisadoes Road

The National Works Agency (NWA) is currently installing cable crash barriers along the Palisadoes Road in Kingston under a $10 million pilot project, aimed at enhancing the safety of all users of that corridor. The barriers, which are new to Jamaica, replace the regular aluminium structures. They are being installed to prevent or reduce the likelihood of out of control...